Deep dent from a Harley Sportster

[Dino]

OK sidebar: Suspension Lifts......


I've had my share of sky high driving. I once owned a 72 Ford Econoline E300 van with the Pathfinder conversion. No, not Nissan.... Pathfinder. It was a dealer sold conversion with custom built Dana axles. I had 33"x12.50"s and it was cranked up enough that it was a friggin climb in and out of the thing! Econoline my culo!! 9 MPG!!!! ...with a tail wind.

I had it sort of offroading here on Maui, twice. Light rock crawlin.

Lifting a vehicle here is pretty much for looks.
There's not many places to do any real off roading unless you're a local boy with keys to the ranch gates.

The latest trend here: Lift em up with springs AND a body lift, then put deep offset rims and 33"s stickin out a foot from the fenderwell. Nice. Dumb. Ruins the handling sucks and the freakkin thing is fully 2 feet wider on already too skinny roads.

Recently here, a Ford Ranger lifted like that hydroplaned in hard rain, crossed over the center line, slammed a rental car, went 15' airborne, (eyewitness accounts) then hit nose first and literaly came apart!. The engine and trans broke away from the frame as did the cab and the bed!!!!!

But it sure looked cool!!!!!!

NO SIR!!! I will not be messin with the suspension or the tire size. I love it just fine as is.


...and now, back to the dent.

I'm going to have to pull the cladding off to get behind the dent. I'll wait until the weekend to tackle it I think.